Annual Veterans Day Memorial Service | Green Hill Cemetery, Waynesboro

About this event

The annual Veterans Day Memorial Service will be held Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2026, at 11:00 AM in Green Hill Cemetery, 953 S. Potomac St.

Featured speaker will be retired U. S. Army Major Peter D. Walters. A graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Walters served six years in Germany and in a variety of other posts.

He earned a Bronze Star for his service in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm.

The army also awarded him the Meritorious Service and Army Commendation medals.

He retired from service in 1993.

Walters later operated the local Edward Jones Investment office, retiring from that pursuit in 2017.

He and his wife reside in Waynesboro.

The memorial service will also include the reading of the names of veterans whose names have been added to the Green Hill Veterans’ Memorial since the 2025 service.

They are Arthur F. Schminkey (Navy) and these Army veterans: Raymond C. Gantz, G. Edwin Hebb, Robert G. Hebb, Roger W. Kelley, and A. D. Morganthall.

Veterans who lie buried in Green Hill Cemetery or who hold lots in the cemetery are eligible for inclusion on the memorial.

Applications are available at the cemetery office.

In the event of rain, the service will be held in the Otterbein Youth Center, 912 S. Potomac St.

For more information, please email greenhillcem1873@gmail.com or telephone 717.762.2759.